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I genuinely can't tell if you're just being silly right now, so forgive me if I'm a bit blunt, but one very useful method of recognizing useful edible or medicinal plants is by their flowers. I thought this was obvious, and not something constrained to gender. I was not talking about "cultivating flowers", but farmers and gardeners who recognize or are interested in looking up flowers to see what sorts of things are growing on their property - "is this a useful plant or not? Will this plant cause problems in the future?" etc.

Even so, I would bet that there are quite a higher number of men than women who cultivate flowers just for their flowers, as there are certainly more men in farming in general, but I could certainly be wrong on that count. Again, I didn't mean *flower farmers* and I'm not sure how I came across that way.

> Whats the point even? Plants only matter if they have food or medicine in them
Yes, that's pretty much exactly my point? If you want to argue this topic, I can link you to a few people on fedi who are more knowledgeable than I on recognizing plants by their flowers to see which ones are useful for food, fodder, or medicinal purposes (and there are a *lot* more than the average person/ city dweller thinks).

In my case alone, looking up "what is this plant growing on my property" has been life-changing (my favorite example: mullein has basically cured my persistent cough and I rarely have allergic reactions anymore). Looking up plants is not a female-only trait, and I don't know why it would be.

TLDR: wut mate
my grandfather, chief of staff at a large hospital back when doctors were all men, bred camellias for relaxation. he died before I was born but there are pictures of him with his prize specimens. it was his special interest, you might say

ALL the genius rose breeders are men, as in every other field. people who are unmoved by the beauty of flowers are soul-dead bugmen. many such cases.
get em colleen

ergo clearly doesn't know dick from fuck about companion planting

>hur dur why do you plant those 'gay flowers' with your tomatoes

because i'm not a worthless know nothing piece of retarded shit

jesus titty fuckin christ, maybe its a good idea to be knowledgeable to the level of someone from the 19th century, fucking mongoloid retard